Miss International 2019

Miss International 2019, the 59th Miss International pageant, was held on November 12, 2019 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Bunkyo district, Tokyo, Japan. Mariem Velazco of Venezuela crowned her successor Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand at the end of the event.

Miss International 2019
DateNovember 12, 2019
Presenters
ThemeCheer All Women
VenueTokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster
Entrants83
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerSireethorn Leearamwat
 Thailand
Best National CostumeNguyen Tuong San
 Vietnam
Miss PhotogenicNoémie Kribo Milne
 Guadeloupe

Contestants from 83 countries and territories participated in this year's Miss International pageant, surpassing the previous record of 77 contestants in 2018, making this edition the biggest turnout in the pageant's history.[4]

The pageant was hosted by Tetsuya Bessho in his sixth consecutive year as host.[5]

Background
Tokyo Dome City Hall at night, the venue of Miss International 2019.

On April 11, 2019, the Miss International organization announced that the 2019 pageant would be held on November 12, 2019 in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, the competition's venue for the fourth consecutive year.[6][7]

Results

Placements
Results Contestant
Miss International 2019
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
  •  Uganda – Evelyn Namatovu Karonde
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 8
Top 15

Continental queens
Award Contestant
Miss International Africa
Miss International America
  •  Peru – María José Barbis
Miss International Asia
Miss International Europe
Miss International Oceania
  •  Hawaii – Eunice Raquel Basco

Special awards
Award Contestant
Miss Photogenic
Best National Costume
Best in Evening Gown
Best in Swimsuit
Panasonic Beauty Ambassador
Miss Missosology’s Choice
Miss Visit Japan Tourism

Pageant

Following the same format as in the 2018 competition, contestants were classified under five continents: (1) Europe, (2) Oceania, (3) Africa, (4) Americas, and (5) Asia. Competition rounds consisted of national costume, swimwear, and evening gown. The contestants were trimmed to 15 semifinalists. After which, they were narrowed down to the top 8 finalists. The top 8 were then each given a chance to deliver their prepared final speech. The top 5 were then selected: Miss International 2019 and her four runners-up is the same format as in the 2017.

Contestants

83 contestants competed for the title.[14]

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometownContinental Group
ArgentinaMilena Sofía Judt22Buenos AiresAmericas
ArmeniaSona Danielyan[15]23YerevanEurope
ArubaDaniella Piazzi25OranjestadAmericas
AustraliaMonique Shippen26SydneyOceania
BelarusMaria Perviy[16][designations 1]22MinskEurope
BelgiumRachel Nimegeers23AntwerpEurope
BelizeSelena Maria Urias[17][designations 2]24Belize CityAmericas
BoliviaValentina Pérez Medina24SucreAmericas
BrazilCarolina Stankevicius Cruz[18]24Rio de JaneiroAmericas
Burkina FasoWendlasida Flora Ouedraogo[19]26OuagadougouAfrica
CambodiaKachnak Thyda Bon25Phnom PenhAsia
CameroonAngèle Kossinda[20][designations 3]26DoualaAfrica
CanadaMegha Sandhu23MontrealAmericas
ChileXimena Huala Alcaino18SantiagoAmericas
ChinaTeng Yun-Xuan[21]26BeijingAsia
ColombiaAlejandra Vengoechea[22][designations 4]21BarranquillaAmericas
Costa RicaTamara Dal Maso[23][designations 5]21San JoséAmericas
Cote d'IvoireTara Gueye22AbidjanAfrica
Czech RepublicAndrea Prchalová19Havlíčkův BrodEurope
DenmarkAnna Diekelmann26FrederiksbergEurope
Dominican RepublicZaidy Bello27Santo DomingoAmericas
EcuadorAlegría Tobar Cordovéz25QuitoAmericas
El SalvadorElena Batlle[24][designations 6]25San SalvadorAmericas
Equatorial GuineaArsenia Chanque Bosepe19BaneyAfrica
FinlandJutta Kyllönen21OuluEurope
FranceSolène Barbot24ParisEurope
GermanyAnnabella Fleck22MunichEurope
GhanaPrincess Owusua Gyamfi[25]25AccraAfrica
GuadeloupeNoémie Kribo Milne21Baie-MahaultAmericas
GuamAthena McNinch[26][replacements 1]22MangilaoOceania
GuatemalaStephanie Sical24QuichéAmericas
HaitiLory-Anne Charles20Port-au-PrinceAmericas
HawaiiEunice Raquel Basco[27]24HonoluluOceania
HondurasAriana Bustillo27TegucigalpaAmericas
Hong KongKaye Cheung25KowloonAsia
IndiaSimrithi Bathija[28]20MumbaiAsia
IndonesiaJolene Marie Rotinsulu[29]23ManadoAsia
ItalyFrancesca Giordano[30]18RomeEurope
JapanTomomi Okada[31]22TokyoAsia
LaosPhaithida Phothisane26VientianeAsia
LiberiaNaomi Nucia Glay[32]27MonroviaAfrica
MacauBobo Leong Lok Hei[33]26MacauAsia
MalaysiaCharmaine Chew[34][designations 7]23Alor SetarAsia
MauritiusNidhishwaree Ruchpaul[35]20PamplemoussesAfrica
MexicoAndrea Toscano[36][designations 8]20ManzanilloAmericas
MongoliaGunjidmaa Jargalsaikhan25Ulaan BataarAsia
MoroccoSonia Ait Mansour[37]26RabatAfrica
MyanmarKhin Ohmar Myint[38]23YangonAsia
NepalMeera Kakshapati24BhaktapurAsia
NetherlandsElize Joanne de Hong25RoterdamEurope
New ZealandNikita Ah Horan18AucklandOceania
NicaraguaMaría Gabriela Saballos19ManaguaAmericas
NigeriaAlice Duke Inyang[designations 9]23LagosAfrica
Northern MarianasShannon Tudela Sasamoto[39]20SaipanOceania
NorwayHenriette Janssen Hauge19AkershusEurope
PanamaBetzaida Rodriguez[40]23Las TablasAmericas
ParaguayElida Lezcano[41]19Villa ElisaAmericas
PeruMaría José Barbis[42]23ChiclayoAmericas
PhilippinesBea Patricia Magtanong[43]25BataanAsia
PolandKarina Szczepanek[44]24WarsawEurope
PortugalAna Rita Aguiar[45]22Vale de CambraEurope
Puerto RicoIvana Carolina Irizarry[46]26Río GrandeAmericas
RomaniaAndreea Maria Coman26BucharestEurope
RussiaMarina Oreshkina[47]25VladivostokAsia
SingaporeCharlotte Lucille Chia21SingaporeAsia
Slovak RepublicAlica Ondrášová23BratislavaEurope
South AfricaNicole Middleton[48]24Cape TownAfrica
South SudanAcholly Ngaceng Arow[49]25JubaAfrica
SpainClaudia Cruz[50]21MurciaEurope
Sri LankaPawani Vithanage25ColomboAsia
SwedenPaulina Kielczewska[51]23StockholmEurope
TahitiPoevai Garnier22Pape'eteOceania
TaiwanJoyce Yi Shu-Chiu26TainanAsia
ThailandSireethorn Leearamwat25BangkokAsia
TunisiaSarra Brahmi[52]25SousseAfrica
UgandaEvelyn Namatovu Karonde[53]23KampalaAfrica
UkraineMarina Kiose[54]24KievEurope
United KingdomHarriotte Lane[55]18NewcastleEurope
United StatesGhazal Gill[56]23Los AngelesAmericas
VenezuelaMelissa Jiménez20MaracaiboAmericas
VietnamNguyễn Tường San[57]19HanoiAsia
ZambiaLuwi Kawanda[58][designations 10]25LusakaAfrica
ZimbabweJemimah Kandemiiri[59]24HarareAfrica

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 1969:

Last competed in 2008:

Last competed in 2009:

Last competed in 2012:

Last competed in 2013:

Last competed in 2014:

Last competed in 2015:

Last competed in 2016:

Last competed in 2017:

Designations
  1. BELARUS — Maria Perviy was appointed by National School of Beauty Team, the official new license holder of Miss International in Belarus. Perviy placed as the Top 10 finalist at the Miss Belarus 2018.
  2. BELIZE — Selena Urias was appointed to represent Belize at Miss International pageant, by Enrique De Leon, the national director of Miss Belize National Pageant.
  3. CAMEROON — Angele Kossinda was appointed Miss International Cameroon 2019. She was Miss Earth Cameroon 2017 and Top 16 finalist at Miss Earth 2017.
  4. COLOMBIA — Maria Vengoechea was appointed to represent Colombia at Miss International 2019, by Raimundo Aungulo the President of Miss Colombia Pageant. Vengoechea was 2nd runner-up in the Miss Colombia 2019
  5. COSTA RICA — Tamara Dal Maso was appointed to represent Costa Rica at Miss International 2019, by Reinas de Costa Rica Organization.
  6. EL SALVADOR — Elena Batlle was appointed as "Miss International El Salvador 2019" after Francisco Cortez became the new national director of Miss International in El Salvador.
  7. MALAYSIA — Charmaine Chew Qi En was appointed by Miss International Malaysia Organization, the official new license holder of Miss International in Malaysia. Chew placed as the Top 10 finalist at the Miss Universe Malaysia 2018.
  8. MEXICO – Andrea Toscano was appointed as Miss International Mexico 2019, by Lupita Jones the President of Mexicana Universal pageant. Toscano represented Mexico in Miss Universe 2018 where she get unplaced.
  9. NIGERIA — Alice Duke Inyang was appointed to represent Nigeria at Miss International pageant, by Daniel Opuene, the national director of Beauty of African International Pageant.
  10. ZAMBIA — Miss Grand Zambia 2019 was appointed as Miss International Zambia 2019 because of the unstable political situation in Venezuela which is the host country of Miss Grand International 2019. Luwi was second runner-up at the Miss Universe Zambia 2017.

Replacements
  1. GUAM — Kirsten Lydia Dahilig, Miss International Guam 2019, was replaced by Athena McNinch by Joyce Bamba, the license holder for Miss International of Miss Guam after Lydia did not meet the minimum age requirements for Miss International pageant. McNinch was crowned as Miss Guam 2018 and later competed at Miss Universe 2018 where she get unplaced.

Withdrawals
  •  Cook Islands – No Contest, will not send their representative to the competition this year.
  •  Cuba
  •  Curaçao – No Contest, due to lack of sponsorship.
  •  Egypt – No Contest, due to lack of sponsorship.
  •  Ethiopia – No Contest, due to lack of sponsorship.
  •  Hungary – No Contest.
  •  Kenya – No Contest, due to lack of sponsorship.
  •  Korea – Because of the 2019 Japan–South Korea trade dispute, the Miss Korea Organization decided not to send their representative to the competition this year.[62]
  •  Lebanon
  •  Madagascar – Will not send their representative to the competition this year.
  •  Moldova – No Contest, due to lack of sponsorship.

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:

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